Parkson Retail’s plans stay intact Posted on 19 April 2013 - 05:37am Kang Siew Li sunbiz@thesundaily.com Print PETALING JAYA (April 19‚ 2013): The vision‚ direction and strategic business plans of Parkson Retail Group Ltd (PRGL) and Parkson Retail Asia Ltd (PRA) will stay the course‚ outgoing executive director and managing director Datuk Alfred Cheng Yoong Choong said‚ despite him stepping down from his post at both companies effective May 31. "There’s no change in vision‚ direction or
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WORKING WITH THE POOR As a Social Work student‚ I have been exposed to different faces of poverty especially during this school year. These exposures have taught me a lot of life lessons and helped me grow as a person. One of the realizations I had with these exposures is how poverty differently shaped the lives of the poor. Thus‚ I had different views of poverty. If you dig deeper into the causes of illegal activities‚ one of these is poverty. Once‚ I had given an opportunity to interview
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In Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted‚ Gladwell starts the text with the story of the four African American college students from Greensboro‚ North Carolina who began a sit-in. The students endured so much racial discrimination for the simple pleasure of being served. The sit- in started with only four and soon grew to nearly hundreds of protestors within days and not with the help of social networks. During the civil war movement the internet was non- existent. People could not
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Analysis of profitability‚ liquidity and performance The profit of a business is the difference between its revenues and its costs. It is important to consider two main types of profit: 1. Gross profit - this is calculated by deducting the cost of sales of a business from its sales revenue (turnover). 2. Operating profit - is calculated by then taking away overhead expenses from gross profit. Given the above figures it is possible to analyse the profitability of Better Hotels Plc in the two
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Geane Louise J. Mendoza BSBA-MM 4-5D JAPANESE LITERATURE I. History A. Ancient Literature (until 764)- “Nara Period” (AD 710 to 794) Kan’ji- Logographic Chinese Characters which is first writing system used by Japanese that was introduce by Chinese. Kana- are syllabic Japanese scripts‚ a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji. 3 Kana Scripts: Man’yogana- (old syllabic) Katakana- (modern angular) Hiragana – (modern cursive)
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our modern Capitalist society‚ it is assumed that the more work a person performs the better off they will be financially. This naturally leads to the assumption that poor people are simply too lazy to improve the quality of their lives. In her article‚ Marlene Kim states‚ “Schiller‚ for example‚ believes that the working poor are poor simply because they do not work enough hours. If they worked full-time year-round‚ he argues‚ they would lift themselves out of poverty” (Kim‚ 1998:65). We have a tendency
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Japanese calligraphy (書道 shodō?) is a form of calligraphy‚ or artistic writing‚ of the Japanese language. For a long time‚ the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi‚ a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana‚ the Japanese unique syllabaries‚ the distinctive Japanese writing system developed and calligraphers produced styles intrinsic to Japan. Who practices Japanese calligraphy? In Japanese‚ calligraphy is called shodou‚ or “the
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To what extent can Chandler’s model of large-scale‚ integrated managerial enterprise explain the long-term competitiveness of leading economies? Chandler`s model of large-scale enterprises is a way from and shift away from the ‘invisible hand’ model given by Adam Smith. Chandler`s model is an attempt to explain the developments in the second phase of industrial revolution where he tends to reason behind the enhancement of capital. In this context‚ he gave the concept of modern
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Despite the question of morality raised by the japanese internment camps‚ the United States government was completely justified in the relocation of the japanese-American citizens given the situation the entire country was placed in during World War II. Critics of the japanese interment must take into consideration the dire position the United States was caught in after the bombing of Pearl Harbor had recently taken place. A number of Japanese-Americans located on the west coast were later discovered
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A REPORT ON “THE STUDY ON PENETRATION OF AMUL MILK BEVERAGES IN THE RETAIL OUTLETS OF HYDERABAD CITY” BY: T.Rahul 09PSHYD010 At Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. A REPORT ON “THE STUDY ON PENETRATION OF AMUL MILK BEVERAGES IN THE RETAIL OUTLETS OF HYDERABAD CITY” BY: T.Rahul 09PSHYD010 At Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd A report submitted in partial fulfillment of The requirements of MBA program of IBS Hyderabad Company Guide: Mr.S.V.R. Chary
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